Improvement in coat and hat-racks



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JAMES n. KEER-or NEW voelen. Y.

Lettere Peten Ne. 169,01?, deter November s, 1870.

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` IMPRQVEMENT IN COAT AND HAT-RACKS The Schedule referred to in theseLetters Patent A:and making part of the same.

To all 'whom it-may concern p Be it known that I, JAMES M. KEEP, of NewYork city,- in the county of New York and in the State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements iu Goat and Hat-Backs; anddo hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and

exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawing making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is afront elevation of my device;

Figure 2 is a vertical crosssection of the same on the line x a: of tig.l;

Figure 3 is a perspective view of tlie"support-iug bar, showing itsloweredge; and

liigure 4 is a like view of the collar used for securing the hookswithin the bar. v

Letters of like name-aud kind refer to like parts in each of thefigures.

lhe object of my invention is to profvide a coat and hat-rack which,from the simplicity of its construction, can bc furnished at a smallercost than those now in use; and

It consists, principally, in a rackiu whichthe hooks are, by means of asingle journal, pivotcd within and swing beneath a single bar,substantially as is hereinafter' shown.

It further consists in the peculiarl shape of the hooks used,substantially asis hereinafter shown andjdescribed.

It finally consists in the means employed for pivoting the hooks to orwit-hin the bar,,substantially as is hereinafter set forth. 'f

l'n the annexed drawing- A represents a vertical metal bar, provided,upon its upper end, with a journal, a, while its lowerend curves outwardand upward, and terminates in a knob or button. p Y

A horizontal bar, a', is secured to and; extends downward from near thecenter of said bar A, in a line with its curved end, and terminates in ashort upward curved vend, upon whichI is aknob similar to that beforevmentioned,`the whole forming a double hook. l A As thus constructed, thehook is pivoted within a bnr, B, in the following manner: 5

A wooden collar, O, corresponding in length and internal diameter withthe journal c, andhaving an exterior diameter somewhat greater than thatof the collars of said journal, is divided longitudinally and centrally,and placed upon the latter. y

An opening, 7J, corresponding in size and length to the journal andcollar, being provided within the lower side of the bar B, said collaris coated with glue, and (containing saidjournal) is driven into -saidopening, where, when the gluev becomes fixed, the collar is firmlyfastened, While the journal isallowed to turn freely within the same. A

'jlhe especial advantages possessed by this construction of the rack'are that byit the usual frame is d ispensed with,-and a single solidharsubstituted in its place, while the hook, having but one journal, ismore `simple, and is easier to make.

Having thus fully set forth the nature and merits of my invention,"vThat I claim as new is 1..A rack in which the hooks, by means of asingle journal, are pivoted within and swing horizontally beneath a barconstructed of a single piece, substantially as is shown, and'for thepurpose specified.

2. The hook, journaled as above described, in combination with thedivided collar, for securing the same within a solid bar, substantiallyas shown.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my handthis 10th day of October, 1870.`

J. M.' KEEP.y

' VVit-nesses:

GEO. E. JEWETT, GEO. P. BENSON.

